The ferryman and his wife / Frode Grytten ; translated from Norwegian by Alison McCullough.
"Nils Vik wakes up on November the 18th and knows it will be the day he dies. He follows his morning routine as voices from his past echo in his mind, and looks around the empty house one last time, before stepping onto his beloved boat. His dog, dead these many years, leaps aboard with him, and then the other dead begin to emerge - from the woods along the fjord, from each of the ferry stops along the route, from his logbook full of memories and quotations and jotted-down notes about the weather conditions. The people from the past accompany him now, prodding him, showing him what he might have missed before, as he waits for his Marta, his late, remarkable wife, to finally join him on the boat again"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643757452
- ISBN: 1643757458
- Physical Description: 166 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill/Little, Brown and Company, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published in 2023 in Norway as 'Den dagen Nils Vik døde' by Forlaget Oktober"--title page verso.
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from the Norwegian.
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- Subject:
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Norway > Fiction. - Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Available copies
- 17 of 28 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
Holds
- 5 current holds with 28 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC GRYTTEN (Text) | 36015000766457 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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